Star Wars Rebels unveils villainous Jedi-hunter The Inquisitor

We’ve had Darth Vader, Darth Maul and The Emperor, but get ready for the latest scary-looking villain to become part of the Star Wars canon.

In animated series Star Wars Rebels , it's the mean-looking Inquisitor who'll be giving Jedi Knights a run for their credits.

Set 14 years after the events of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge Of The Sith (so before A New Hope ), Rebels comes from executive producer Dave Filoni, who also produced the Star Wars: Clone Wars series.

The show's plot revolves around the rise of the Galactic Empire, in which The Inquisitor plays a major role – he’s tasked by Darth Vader himself with taking down the last remaining Jedi Knights.

With his white-painted face and glowing yellow eyes, he’s definitely the kind of Sith Lord we wouldn’t want to bump into in a dark corner of an AT-AT.

Check out a behind-the-scenes featurette on the series below, which includes the Inquisitor’s big reveal…

Star Wars Rebels will air in the US in autumn 2014.

Josh Winning has worn a lot of hats over the years. Contributing Editor at Total Film, writer for SFX, and senior film writer at the Radio Times. Josh has also penned a novel about mysteries and monsters, is the co-host of a movie podcast, and has a library of pretty phenomenal stories from visiting some of the biggest TV and film sets in the world. He would also like you to know that he "lives for cat videos..." Don't we all, Josh. Don't we all.  

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